interchange

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

transitive v. To switch each of (two things) into the place of the other.

transitive v. To give and receive mutually; exchange.

transitive v. To cause to succeed each other in a series or pattern; alternate: interchanged gold and silver beads in the bracelet.

intransitive v. To change places with each other.

intransitive v. To succeed each other; alternate.

n. The act or process of interchanging.

n. A highway intersection designed to permit traffic to move freely from one road to another without crossing another line of traffic.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. to switch (each of two things)

v. to mutually give and receive (something); to exchange

v. to swap or change places

v. to alternate

n. An act of interchanging.

n. A highway junction in which traffic may change from one road to another without crossing a stream of traffic.

n. A connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport; a station at which such a connection can be made.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The act of mutually changing; the act of mutually giving and receiving; exchange.

n. The mutual exchange of commodities between two persons or countries; barter; commerce.

n. Alternate succession; alternation; a mingling.

n. An intersection between highways, having two or more levels and a series of connecting roadways so that traffic on one highway may pass over or under the other highway without crossing through the line of traffic, and vehicles may pass from one highway to the other while traffic on both highways continues uninterrupted. A common interchange is the cloverleaf.

intransitive v. To make an interchange; to alternate.

transitive v. To put each in the place of the other; to give and take mutually; to exchange; to reciprocate

transitive v. To cause to follow alternately; to intermingle; to vary.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To exchange mutually or reciprocally; put each of in the place of the other; give and take in reciprocity: as, to interchange commodities; to interchange compliments or duties.

To cause to follow one another alternately: as, to interchange cares with pleasures.

To change reciprocally; succeed alternately.

n. The act of exchanging reciprocally; the act or process of giving and receiving with reciprocity: as, an interchange of civilities or kind offices.

Etymologies

Middle English enterchaungen, from Old French entrechangier, to change : entre-, between (from Latin inter-; see inter-) + changier, to change; see change.

(American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

VDOT had portrayed the road ending in a field in order to avoid acknowledging that the state's MRE project requires the federally funded interchange to complete it; as this revelation would necessitate that the combined project (MRE +interchange) comply with the higher U.S. environmental protection standards.

The Fed's plan, mandated by the Dodd-Frank financial-overhaul law that Congress passed last summer, would cap what are known as interchange fees at 12 cents per debit-card transaction, a significant cut from the average of 44 cents that has prompted consumer groups and banking regulators to voice concerns about the proposal's impact on small banks and low-income consumers.